Fedora 42 : Using dosbox to run old games in Fedora Linux distro.

You can run DOS games with the DOSBOX emulator ...

This can be install with DNF5 tool:

[root@fedora mythcat]# dnf5 install dosbox-staging.x86_64
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                 Arch   Version                 Repository           Size
Installing:
 dosbox-staging         x86_64 0.81.2-3.fc42           updates-testing  14.6 MiB

The next step is to run the game ...

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ ls /usr/share/dunelegacy/
 ATRE.PAK                  DUNE.PAK       locale         SETUPENG.DIP
 CREDITS.ENG               ENGLISH.PAK    maps           Setup.EXE
 Dune2.BAT                 FINALE.PAK     MENTAT.PAK     SOUND.PAK
 Dune2.EXE                 GFXHD.PAK      MERC.PAK       VOC.PAK
 Dune2.ICO                 HARK.PAK       OneTime.DAT    Waveset.DAT
 Dune2-Versions.txt        HERC.PAK       OPENSD2.PAK    XTRE.PAK
 Dune.CFG                  INTRO.PAK      Options.CFG
'Dune II Icons.icl'        INTROVOC.PAK   ORDOS.PAK
'Dune II Unit Guide.txt'   LEGACY.PAK     SCENARIO.PAK
[mythcat@fedora ~]$ dosbox /usr/share/dunelegacy/Dune2.EXE 
date       time         | 
2024-10-16 11:39:03.508 | arguments: dosbox /usr/share/dunelegacy/Dune2.EXE
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | Current dir: /home/mythcat
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | stderr verbosity: 0
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | -----------------------------------

Fedora 42 : Dune Legacy game .

Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game.

It tries to be as similar as possible to the original gameplay but to integrate user interface features most modern realtime-strategy games have like selecting multiple units

I download this game from the official website, and I install with DNF5 tool:

[root@fedora Downloads]# dnf5 install dunelegacy-0.96.4.x86_64.rpm
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                 Arch   Version                 Repository           Size
Installing:
 dunelegacy             x86_64 0.96.4-0.1              @commandline      5.8 MiB
Installing dependencies:
 SDL2_mixer             x86_64 2.8.0-2.fc41            updates-testing 345.3 KiB
 ...
 Warning: skipped PGP checks for 1 package from repository: @commandline
Complete!

Find the orifinal Dune II on web, or try this website.

The game can be start after I unarchive the DuneII archive into DuneII then copy to /usr/share/dunelegacy ...

[mythcat@fedora DuneII]$ sudo su 
[sudo] parola pentru mythcat: 
[root@fedora DuneII]# cp *.* /usr/share/dunelegacy
[root@fedora DuneII]# exit
exit
[mythcat@fedora DuneII]$ dunelegacy 

.. and works well :

Fedora 42 : Gnome intro ...

Today I tested the new GNOME environment and these are the screeenshot I get:

Look's good ..., see the tour idea ...

News : Introducing GNOME 46

Fedora 39 : GNOME new version 44.2 .

The GNOME Project proudly announced today the release and general availability of the GNOME 44 desktop environment series, a major update that brings several new features and lots of improvements.

You can read more on the official website.

You can see a first version 44 on this youtube video:

Fedora 32 : Can be better? part 013.

I would say that I always have a problem with accessing the knowledge base related to errors, errors and configurations in Linux and Fedora distro.

I think it would be very necessary to have as up-to-date documentation as possible in the Fedora distribution system and possibly a database based on questions and answers.

That makes me think of the pilots' manuals ... where all the possible problems are listed.

It would be useful for anyone and especially saves users' memory.

In the age of artificial intelligence, a flow chart for each possible problem generated by Xorg, Network, services that indicate the areas of interaction and possibly the basic checks that a user should make, possible settings depending on the problem or the desired change would be a fantastic map for both a beginner and an advanced user.

After doing some SELinux configurations, my browser did not want to access the internet.

Until the deactivation, the number of SELinux alerts increased dramatically.

The written SELinux policies were not exactly correct.

Obviously I tried to fix the problem by disabling SELinux.

The ping utility sent and received packets to the internet, my browser does not connect to it.

Sometimes a symbolic link or incorrect setting can block your internet access.

I think the problem was generated when disabling SELinux by restarting and shutting down a useful service.

ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

Although attention was paid to the possibility of incorrect SELinux settings, a simple check and a restart of the systemd-resolved.service service solved the problem.

[root@desk mythcat]# systemctl status systemd-resolved.service 
● systemd-resolved.service - Network Name Resolution
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service; disabled
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:systemd-resolved.service(8)
[root@desk mythcat]# systemctl start systemd-resolved.service 
[root@desk mythcat]# systemctl status systemd-resolved.service
● systemd-resolved.service - Network Name Resolution
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service; disabled
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-09-29 22:25:32 EEST; 8s ago

Now I've fixed it.

Fedora 32 : Can be better? part 012.

Pidgin is a chat program that lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. 

Pidgin can be installed on multiple operating systems and platforms. 

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: I.R.C., Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Can it be better? 

The only problem a user in need of help may have been in the command line environment. Obviously, in this case, this application cannot be used. I would suggest building a terminal application like WeeChat dedicated to Fedora users and including I.R.C channels. 

Now, let's install this application.

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install pidgin.x86_64
Last metadata expiration check: 0:45:32 ago on Sun 27 Sep 2020 04:21:51 PM EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================
 Package                     Architecture    Version                   Repository        Size
==============================================================================================
Installing:
 pidgin                      x86_64          2.13.0-18.fc32            updates          1.4 M
Installing dependencies:
 cyrus-sasl-md5              x86_64          2.1.27-4.fc32             fedora            41 k
 cyrus-sasl-scram            x86_64          2.1.27-4.fc32             fedora            27 k
 farstream02                 x86_64          0.2.9-1.fc32              fedora           239 k
 gtkspell                    x86_64          2.0.16-20.fc32            fedora            43 k
 libgadu                     x86_64          1.12.2-10.fc32            fedora           110 k
 libnice-gstreamer1          x86_64          0.1.17-2.fc32             updates           20 k
 libpurple                   x86_64          2.13.0-18.fc32            updates          5.2 M
 meanwhile                   x86_64          1.1.0-28.fc32             fedora           106 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================
Install  9 Packages

Total download size: 7.2 M
Installed size: 31 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
...
Complete!

Fedora 32 : Can be better? part 011.

Four days ago, the well-known Gnome environment came with a new release.

I guess it will be implemented in Fedora distro soon. 

Fedora 31 : Install the drawing GNOME with DNF and flatpak.

You can use the DNF tool:

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf search gnome | grep drawing 
Last metadata expiration check: 1:53:53 ago on Tue 11 Feb 2020 05:28:15 PM EET.
drawing.noarch : Drawing application for the GNOME desktop
[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install drawing.noarch 
Last metadata expiration check: 1:54:28 ago on Tue 11 Feb 2020 05:28:15 PM EET.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package          Architecture    Version                Repository        Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 drawing          noarch          0.4.9-1.fc31           updates          1.0 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 1.0 M
Installed size: 1.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
drawing-0.4.9-1.fc31.noarch.rpm                 1.4 MB/s | 1.0 MB     00:00    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                           601 kB/s | 1.0 MB     00:01     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : drawing-0.4.9-1.fc31.noarch                            1/1 
  Running scriptlet: drawing-0.4.9-1.fc31.noarch                            1/1 
  Verifying        : drawing-0.4.9-1.fc31.noarch                            1/1 

Installed:
  drawing-0.4.9-1.fc31.noarch                                                   

Complete!

This install use the flatpak tool:

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install flatpak
Last metadata expiration check: 1:47:49 ago on Tue 11 Feb 2020 05:28:15 PM EET.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package                     Arch        Version             Repository    Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 flatpak                     x86_64      1.4.3-3.fc31        updates      1.1 M
Installing dependencies:
 flatpak-selinux             noarch      1.4.3-3.fc31        updates       24 k
 flatpak-session-helper      x86_64      1.4.3-3.fc31        updates       72 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 p11-kit-server              x86_64      0.23.20-1.fc31      updates      186 k
 xdg-desktop-portal          x86_64      1.4.2-3.fc31        fedora       386 k
 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk      x86_64      1.4.0-1.fc31        fedora       212 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  6 Packages

Total download size: 1.9 M
Installed size: 7.7 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
...
Installed:
  flatpak-1.4.3-3.fc31.x86_64                                                   
  flatpak-selinux-1.4.3-3.fc31.noarch                                           
  flatpak-session-helper-1.4.3-3.fc31.x86_64                                    
  p11-kit-server-0.23.20-1.fc31.x86_64                                          
  xdg-desktop-portal-1.4.2-3.fc31.x86_64                                        
  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.4.0-1.fc31.x86_64                                    

Complete! 

Let's install the flatpakrepo:

[mythcat@desk ~]$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Note that the directories 

'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share'
'/home/mythcat/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'

are not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so
applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the
session is restarted.

[mythcat@desk ~]$ flatpak install flathub com.github.maoschanz.drawing

Note that the directories 

'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share'
'/home/mythcat/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'

are not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so
applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the
session is restarted.

Looking for matches…
Required runtime for com.github.maoschanz.drawing/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.34)
 found in remote flathub
Do you want to install it? [Y/n]: Y

com.github.maoschanz.drawing permissions:
    ipc   wayland   x11



        ID                                   Arch   Branch Remote  Download
 1. [✓] org.gnome.Platform                   x86_64 3.34   flathub 304.2 MB / 318.5 MB
 2. [✓] org.gnome.Platform.Locale            x86_64 3.34   flathub  16.8 kB / 322.0 MB
 3. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default  x86_64 19.08  flathub  92.6 MB / 92.6 MB
 4. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel x86_64 19.08  flathub   8.7 MB / 8.7 MB
 5. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264    x86_64 19.08  flathub 594.2 kB / 593.4 kB
 6. [✓] com.github.maoschanz.drawing         x86_64 stable flathub   1.0 MB / 1.1 MB
 7. [✓] com.github.maoschanz.drawing.Locale  x86_64 stable flathub   1.7 kB / 86.2 kB

Warning: org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 not installed
Installation complete.
[mythcat@desk ~]$ flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/19.08

Note that the directories 

'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share'
'/home/mythcat/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'

are not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so
applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the
session is restarted.

Looking for matches…
Found similar ref(s) for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/19.08’ in remote ‘flathub’ (system).
Use this remote? [Y/n]: Y


        ID                                Arch   Branch Remote  Download
 1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform          x86_64 19.08  flathub  11.5 MB / 238.1 MB
 2. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale   x86_64 19.08  flathub  16.7 kB / 318.2 MB
 3. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 x86_64 19.08  flathub 593.6 kB / 593.4 kB

Installation complete. 

Restart the session and run it with this command:

[mythcat@desk ~]$ flatpak run com.github.maoschanz.drawing

Fedora 25: Enable gnome notifications Fedmsg and Openweather.

This tutorial is about gnome environment and notifications.
If you want to see notifications about your work and account under Fedora distro or just to see the weather then you need to deal with this tools.
Take a look to your gnome version and shell version:

[mythcat@localhost ~]$ gnome-about --gnome-version 
Version: 2.32.0
Distributor: Red Hat, Inc
Build Date: 02/04/2016
[mythcat@localhost ~]$ gnome-shell --version 
GNOME Shell 3.22.3

Use the dnf install tool and get this packages:

gnome-weather.noarch : A weather application for GNOME
gnome-weather-tests.noarch : Tests for the gnome-weather package
gnome-shell-extension-openweather.noarch : Display weather information from many
gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu.noarch : Application menu for GNOME Shell
gnome-shell.x86_64 : Window management and application launching for GNOME
gnome-shell-extension-common.noarch : Files common to GNOME Shell Extensions
gnome-tweak-tool.noarch : A tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options

Use this command to make settings:

[mythcat@localhost ~]$ gnome-tweak-tool

You will see a window with options for enable Fedmsg and Openweather notifications.
After select on option then just use right click to make settings for each extension.

News: GNOME 3.16.1 is out.

GNOME 3.16 is the latest version of GNOME 3 and is the result of six months' work by the GNOME project.
It includes major new features, as well as a large number of smaller improvements and enhancements. The release incorporates 33525 changes, made by approximately 1043 contributors. New features and improvements being introduced in GNOME 3.16 include:

The lists of updated modules and changes are available here:
  core   -  https://download.gnome.org/core/3.16/3.16.1/NEWS
  apps   -  https://download.gnome.org/apps/3.16/3.16.1/NEWS

The source packages are available here:
  core   -  https://download.gnome.org/core/3.16/3.16.1/sources/
  apps   -  https://download.gnome.org/apps/3.16/3.16.1/sources/

News: The new pygobject come with version 3.9.5 .

GObject is an object system used by GTK+, GStreamer and other libraries.
The new PyGObject 3.9.5 provides a convenient wrapper for use in Python programs when accessing GObject libraries.
The news comes from Simon Feltman - pygtk digest: I am pleased to announce version 3.9.5 of the Python bindings for GObject. This is the third release of the 3.9.x series which will eventually result in the stable 3.10 release for GNOME 3.10.
The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org.

GNOME Developer Experience Hackfest 2013

This week I’m attending the Developer Experience hackfest in Brussels.
This week Red Hat and the GNOME Foundation giving you the chance to attend the Developer Experience hackfest in Brussels.
The goal of the hackfest is to improve the overall application developer experience.
There are three main areas of work we suggest for this hackfest:

• Tooling (Anjuta, Monodevelop, application bundling, intltool, gtk-doc, autofoo and friends...)
• Developer docs and mindshare (unified online/offline API reference UI, app developer community building...)
• Further platform needs (improvement of data-driven apps and other needs with an unclear answer)
• Application bundling and sandboxing, the application as the first class concept in the kernel

Read more about this event here.

Fighting Blender, NVIDIA and GNOME ...

Today I spent some time with Blender, NVIDIA and GNOME ...
Since I did pre-update and put Fedora 15, the system worked well until today.
Today I tried to relax a bit with Blender 3D, but ...

[free-tutorials@user ~]$blender
Info: Config directory with "startup.blend" file not found.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

How to prevent uploading that file? Simply using:

[free-tutorials@user ~]$blender --factory-startup 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Obviously, I should try to debug:

[free-tutorials@user ~]$blender --factory-startup  -d
Blender 2.57 (sub 0)
Build: 2011-04-27 16:56:56 Linux:32bit Release
argv[0] = blender
argv[1] = --factory-startup
argv[2] = -d
read file 
  Version 256 sub 6 svn r36063

ordered
 OBCube
 OBLamp
 OBCamera
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Simply don't want, it's something related to graphics card ...

[free-tutorials@user ~]$blender --factory-startup  -d -noglsl 
Blender 2.57 (sub 0)
Build: 2011-04-27 16:56:56 Linux:32bit Release
argv[0] = blender
argv[1] = --factory-startup
argv[2] = -d
argv[3] = -noglsl
read file 
  Version 256 sub 6 svn r36063

ordered
 OBCube
 OBLamp
 OBCamera
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

So the problem is not related to GLSL.
Then I tried to see what glxinfo says.

[free-tutorials@user ~]$glxinfo | grep Error
Error: glXCreateContext failed

I found this problem and I added to xorg.conf the following lines of code.

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection 

I must admit that after restarting the computer, greeted me with the gnome interface and unprecedented special effects.
Then I waited ... and waited ... I fixed up with a simple line of code:

$  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'gnome-fallback'

... written in Xfce terminal, because in gnome I have not succeeded.
Now I have the old gnome, slightly improved but it works flawlessly with Blender 3D...